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[octavius]

Todays release is Great Battles Collector's Edition for $5.99

It contains Great Battles of Alexander, Great Battles of Hannibal, and Great Battles of Caesar

Sounds like programs on the old History Channel, before it turned into New Age Channel.

 

[DalekFlay]

Is the TW2 Worldmerge mod recommended?

It is, I haven't played much of it but it was definite incline as it removes the barriers between the expansion content and vanilla, plus it adds the MP maps and a bunch of tweaks and mods. No reason to play vanilla.

Is there a version that merges the land without adding all the other stuff?

 

[Humppaleka]

I think I remember the installer being quite good, as in having options for all the mod content and shit. I think.

 

[DalekFlay]

I think I remember the installer being quite good, as in having options for all the mod content and shit. I think.

Cool I'll give it a try and see what happens. Thanks.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

A few things from GOG.com.

1.) They are doing a game sweepstakes until May 7th. Enter an e-mail to be eligible to win a bundle of all sixty-six of their indie games, and add the info to Facebook or Twitter for more chances to win. Pretty sweet.

http://af.gog.com/news/game_sweepstakes_66_incredible_indies?as=1649904300

2.) Avadon: The Black Fortress is on sale for $4. It is a mediocre RPG, made by Jeff Vogel and Spiderweb Software. I'd suggest Geneforge before I'd suggest this, but if you like Bioware RPGs and Indie companies this one is for you.

http://af.gog.com/gamecard/avadon_the_black_fortress?as=1649904300
http://af.gog.com/news/indie_gem_promo_avadon_the_black_fortress?as=1649904300

3.) Finally, a long in development indie game called Fez is out and is causing a lot of butt hurt to the point it is being slammed with 1-star reviews simply because people can't stand the creator and think he's arrogant. I wonder how Cleve would fair. Check this out just for the flame war:

http://af.gog.com/gamecard/fez?as=1649904300

 

[Kirtai]

Todays release is Subwar 2050 Complete for $5.99

 

[Infinitron]

EA games, 60% off: http://af.gog.com/promo/ea_weekend_promo_030513?as=1649904300

JudasIscariot, any update on the expansion packs for the Bullfrog titles?

 

[Kirtai]

This weekends promo is the Classic EA Convoy

60% off all of the following

Ultima® Underworld 1+2
Ultima™ 1+2+3
Ultima™ 4+5+6
Ultima™ 7 The Complete Edition
Ultima™ 8 Gold Edition
Ultima™ 9: Ascension
Wing Commander ®: Privateer ™
Wing Commander™ 1+2
Wing Commander™ 3 Heart of the Tiger™
Wing Commander™ 4: The Price of Freedom
Theme Hospital
Dungeon Keeper™
Dungeon Keeper™ 2
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™
Syndicate™
Simcity 2000™ Special Edition
Nox™
Crusader: No Remorse™
Crusader: No Regret™
Populous™
Populous™ 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods
Populous™: The Beginning
Magic Carpet™
Lands of Lore 3
Lands of Lore™ 1+2
Starflight™ 1+2
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault War Chest
Bioforge


If I didn't already have them my wallet would be terrified.

Edit: damn you Infinitron

 

[Deuce Traveler]

The problem is that the best of these games are Origin and Bullfrog titles both before and after EA purchased their companies, but now only EA will get the money.

 

[Infinitron]

The real WTF is no Strike Commander and no Syndicate Wars on sale

 

[Ninja Destroyer]

Magic Carpet 2 was also not included.

 

[cvv]

Sigh, how many times I tried to get into the Ultimas?
Especially Ultima VII is made out to be one of the highlights of the genre but...I don't get it. The combat is terrible, the char. development is dumbed down, inventory and item management is clumsy and the story, lore and writing is extremely lame, at least compared to other great RPGs of that time like Wizardry or BaK. So what the hell am I missing?

Also anyone played Lands of Lore 2 and 3? I know it's supposed to be shitty but LoL1 was the game that brought me into the RPG fold so it's still close to my heart, even though it's just a baby RPG.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Try Ultima 5, as it is the best in the series although the underworld is rage inducing at times. Ultima 7's combat is nearly non-existent as you prepare for combat more than you actually manipulate your characters in combat. Ultima 7 is great for the interactions with the world and is the best of the series when it comes to breathing life into Britannia.

 

[Jestai]

Thanks. Now about the game. This is the best computer RPG there ever has been, and it is the forerunner of such modern greatness as Skyrim.

Ultima VII, bringer of the decline.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Sigh, how many times I tried to get into the Ultimas?
Especially Ultima VII is made out to be one of the highlights of the genre but...I don't get it. The combat is terrible, the char. development is dumbed down, inventory and item management is clumsy and the story, lore and writing is extremely lame, at least compared to other great RPGs of that time like Wizardry or BaK. So what the hell am I missing?

Also anyone played Lands of Lore 2 and 3? I know it's supposed to be shitty but LoL1 was the game that brought me into the RPG fold so it's still close to my heart, even though it's just a baby RPG.

'Sup Drog, how's your dickless life in Czech Republic going?

 

[JudasIscariot]

EA games, 60% off: http://af.gog.com/promo/ea_weekend_promo_030513?as=1649904300

JudasIscariot, any update on the expansion packs for the Bullfrog titles?

That's treading into potential NDA-breaking territory, bro.

 

[Gord]

Sigh, how many times I tried to get into the Ultimas?
Especially Ultima VII is made out to be one of the highlights of the genre but...I don't get it. The combat is terrible, the char. development is dumbed down, inventory and item management is clumsy and the story, lore and writing is extremely lame, at least compared to other great RPGs of that time like Wizardry or BaK. So what the hell am I missing?

I had some similar issues with Ultima 7, although I have to disagree about the story and lore part. Of both the game has quite a lot, it's just presented with a certain subtlety.

It is true that combat and character system are not exactly the strong points of the game, though. If you are looking for engaging combat, or complex character creation you better look elsewhere.
Both also hurt my ability to identify myself with my character, as it lead to a certain feeling of "distance" between the Avatar and myself - at times it feels more like watching the Avatar than playing/being him.

The strength of Ultima 7 is how it manages to present a coherent and interactive (and sandboxy) world that leaves a lot of initiative to the player.
Not just for doing stuff like baking bread - that's nice, but mostly pointless - but also when talking to the different NPCs, learning about their lives and problems, stitching together hints to solve quests, and so on.
The game is at its best, when that all comes together:
E.g. in one puzzle I needed some thread, but of course I did not have any.
I did remember though, that I had passed a clothier a few minutes earlier, so I went there. There was no thread, but some wool and a spinning wheel...
Or Pattersons secret.

All in all, I can understand when someone can't get into the game. Depending on your preferences, the game might simply not be for you.
I'd suggest to try and play at least 2-3 hours and if you don't like it by then, you probably won't like it after 20 hours either.

 

[cvv]

'Sup Drog, how's your dickless life in Czech Republic going?

O.o

 

[DalekFlay]

Own all of these I would want except maybe Bioforge. Never played it.

 

[Cosmic Misogynerd]

 

[Darth Slaughter]

Thanks. Now about the game. This is the best computer RPG there ever has been, and it is the forerunner of such modern greatness as Skyrim.

Ultima VII, bringer of the decline.

In fact it is.

Because it's so great everyone tries to imitate it, and fail. Ultima 7 is the kind of game every popamole RPG tries to be. You can see every oblivion and skyrim claims of radiant AI and how it will blow you away. But ultima 7 did that already and better. In fact, every RPG game feature announced as a revolution in recent games were done in Ultima 7.

One may say ultima 7 has a lame plot, and so on, but the way it's presented is awesome. I often think what does ultima 7 has that other games try and can't? One thing I don't see people comenting often is how in ultima 7 (and it's predecessors) there's no Random NPC at all. Every single one of them are writen individually, except for enemies and city guards. every RPG nowadays has lots of "peasant", "thug", "citizen", "Commoner", "old lady", just to overpopulate a city with drones. Ultima 6 and 7 had diferent portraits for each of them, compensating for repetitive sprites.

Other thing is the NPCs schedules, while some RPGs claim to have them, ultima 7 is the only one I've see that really maximized the Idea. Barkeepers would sleep at night and go to work in day light, but they actually work. The would serve tables, cook, walk around the tavern. In Gothic, Skyrim and Oblivion, they just stand behind the counter doing nothing. for fucks sake they even moved the plates, food, change nature of items in plain sight, actually using the flour to make the classic bread. That's why it feels a lively world.

I never really felt dealing with inventory something cumbersome, as I aways played tending to be an organized person.

Even with that, there were lots of things you couuld see that were left out of ultima 7, maybe because of budget constraints and deadlines, like not being able to ride horses.

All of those things don't make a good RPG, but at least, ultima 7 did all those things right.

EDIT:

After reading Gords Post, I remebered another thing: The casino in buccaneers den. It actually was an source of exploit, but the games actually really worked. Like you had to literally put a stack of money in a number on the roulette or a rat in the rat race. And you could cheat changing at the last moment to the wining number/rat, but you would be punished if caught.

 

[Admiral jimbob]

Wing Commander Privateer y/n

 

[TripJack]

absolutely y

absolutely y to playing it that is, can't recommend buying it with origin being long dead and all

 

[Overboard]

Silent Storm at 60% off (4 dorrar).

 

[Kirtai]

Don't forget the link with Codex referral tag http://af.gog.com/gamecard/silent_storm_gold?as=1649904300